More: Gender Equality
Addressing the diversity challenge in energy sector recruitment
One of the enduring legacies of women’s traditional
exclusion from the energy sector is the continued disadvantage women and girls
face in comparison to their male...
Girls Don’t Code? In The Caribbean, They Lead Tech Startups
Research shows that science, technology, engineering,
and mathematics (STEM) are still male-dominated fields. According to the U.S. Department of
Commerce, in 2011 women occupied less
than 25% of...
Captain Jasmin: Charting a sea change in a man’s world
I never knew anything about life at sea before I started my training.
Certainly, where I come from – the Philippines – and also in...
Women in leadership bring better business performance
Businesses with genuine gender diversity,
particularly at senior level, perform better, including seeing significant
profit increases, according to a new report from the Bureau for Employers’...
Advanced economies still have plenty of work to do to reach Sustainable Development Goals
With only 11 years left to achieve the 2030
Sustainable Development Goals, some of the most economically advanced countries
have still not met targets in areas...
Are robots sexist? UN report shows gender bias in talking digital tech
Why do most voice assistants have female names, and why do they have
submissive personalities? The answer, says a new report released
on Friday by UNESCO,...
Empowered Women Will Drive Economic Growth in the Pacific
Making it easier for women in the Pacific to start businesses and gain
formal employment will improve livelihoods and create more open and productive
economies, says...
Herat, the fire’s bride
The olive eyes of Shaista peep between the
bandages covering her burnt body, for she, like so many other Afghan women from
the city of Herat,...
Illiteracy is more Perilous than Terrorism for the Government of Afghanistan
I am living
in a society of which educational infrastructures have been repeatedly damaged
during four decades of conflicts and civil wars; likewise, whose people need
education...
Marcia Andrade Braga: A ‘stellar example’ of why more women are needed in UN peacekeeping
Training gender advisors and focal points in the Central African
Republic (CAR) has earned a Brazilian United Nations peacekeeper a special
gender advocate award, it was...